Messenger vs Signal - Private Messenger
Messenger
Meta Platforms, Inc.
App Store
$15.93M/mo
~$191.21M/yr · 1.1B installs
VS
Signal - Private Messenger
Signal Messenger, LLC
App Store
$7.06M/mo
~$84.66M/yr · 175.8M installs
Revenue winner
Messenger wins
+126% vs other
Installs winner
Messenger wins
+530% vs other
MAU winner
Messenger wins
+11% vs other
Rating winner
Signal - Private Messenger wins
+2% vs other
Why Messenger is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Messenger earns roughly 2× more per month than Signal - Private Messenger - $15.93M vs $7.06M.
- Subscription model. Messenger runs a $19.99/mo subscription that compounds; Signal - Private Messenger relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Messenger has ~1.1B lifetime installs vs Signal - Private Messenger's ~175.8M - 6.3× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Messenger
vs
Signal - Private Messenger
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$15.93M
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$7.06M
Annual revenue (est.)
$191.21M
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$84.66M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.1B
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175.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
24.4M
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22.0M
App Store rating
4.66★
▶
4.75★
Total ratings
12.3M
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1.0M
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$19.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
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1 tiers
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 9, 2011
- Last updated
- May 7, 2026
- File size
- 219.1 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 560.1.0
- Languages
- Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +23 more
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jul 29, 2014
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 189.7 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 8.10
- Languages
- Arabic, BE, BN, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian +38 more
Messenger trajectory
Signal - Private Messenger trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Messenger or Signal - Private Messenger? v
Messenger earns about $15.93M per month, while Signal - Private Messenger earns about $7.06M. That is a 2.3× revenue gap (~$8.88M more per month for Messenger). Annual revenue: Messenger ≈ $191.21M/year, Signal - Private Messenger ≈ $84.66M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Messenger or Signal - Private Messenger? v
Messenger leads with about 1.1B estimated downloads vs 175.8M for Signal - Private Messenger - a 6.3× gap. Messenger's App Store downloads are estimated from 12.3M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Signal - Private Messenger's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.0M ratings.
Are Messenger and Signal - Private Messenger in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Social Networking category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Messenger and Signal - Private Messenger offer? v
Messenger: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Signal - Private Messenger: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Messenger runs a "Subscription (~$19.99/mo)" monetization model; Signal - Private Messenger runs "Free + one-time IAP (1 tiers)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Messenger or Signal - Private Messenger? v
Signal - Private Messenger edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Messenger 12.3M ratings, Signal - Private Messenger 1.0M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Messenger vs Signal - Private Messenger revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $15.93M for Messenger and $7.06M for Signal - Private Messenger are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social Networking) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
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